Two SIU students begin summer FHA field work in Murphysboro
Two Southern Illinois University seniors in the School of Agriculture start summer trainee duties at the Farmers Home Administration office in Murphysboro. They are Thomas Benz, 21, of Hamburg and Wallace Keyser, 22, of Geff, supervised by County Supervisor James Tucker.
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Southern Illinois University
Farmers Home Administration Office
Murphysboro
Thomas Benz
Hamburg
Wallace Keyser
Geff
SIU
School of Agriculture
James Tucker
Farm Firms Consolidation Approved
A plan to consolidate Farm Services Inc and Producers Seed Co in Illinois awaits stockholder and IAA Board approval. The merger would take effect Aug 31 via stock exchange, with Farm Services distributing supplies to member cooperatives in Illinois and Iowa from Blooming ton and Producers Seed Co based in Piper City. A parallel consolidation with Wisconsin Farmco Service Cooperative is also under consideration.
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Illinois Agricultural Association
Farm Services Inc
Producers Seed Co
IAA
Farm Services
Illinois
Iowa
Bloomington
Davis Leaves SIU Farms for Seminary Study
John R. Davis, farm manager of SIU Experimental Farms, will enter the Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville KY for graduate study in church music and religious education. Davis has served three years and will be succeeded by James Meno, a former Carlinville area farmer recently on temporary assignment.
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John R. Davis
Southern Illinois University
Southern Baptist Seminary
Louisville
Davis
James Meno
Carlinville
Meno
Oklahoma State University
SIU
University Poultry Center
Ice Given Key Award To Murphysboro Conservationist
Paul Ice, soil conservationist from Murphysboro, received a State Farmer Key in Urbana for outstanding service to agriculture. The gold key, highest award of the Illinois Future Farmers of America, honors his role with the Soil Conservation Service in Jackson County. Ice also serves on the state executive committee of the Illinois Foundation Sponsoring Committee of the FFA. Fifteen other Illinoisans also received the award.
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Ice
Paul Ice
Murphysboro
Urbana
Illinois Future Farmers of America
Soil Conservation Service
Jackson County
Illinois Foundation
FFA
Dennis Rickenberg to Receive FFA Dairy Production Award
Dennis Rickenberg of Campbell Hill will receive the Future Farmers of America dairy production award at the annual FFA convention at the University of Illinois Urbana. The award jacket is sponsored by the Southern Illinois Breeding Association Breese and honors members whose dairy cows produced 500 pounds or more of butterfat in one lactation. Rickenberg, a Tri County High School student, saw his cow yield 14 737 pounds of milk and 566 pounds of butterfat to qualify.
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Dennis Rickenberg
Campbell Hill
Future Farmers of America
FFA
University of Illinois
Urbana
Southern Illinois Breeding Association
Breese
Rickenberg
Trico High School
Nominations Open for Jackson ASCS Committees
Nominations are being received for Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committees in Jackson County ahead of July elections. Any resident eligible for ASCS programs may vote and hold office. Petitions with six or more signatures must be filed by July 2 at the Murphysboro county office. Ballots mailed July 13 with returns due July 23. The county committee administers ASCS farm programs including feed grain and cost sharing.
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Jackson County
ASCS
ALCS
State To Test Beetle Control Method In Illinois
Illinois will test a new method against Japanese beetles by spraying milky disease carrying spores in selected test areas this summer. The spores kill beetles after ingestion and are harmless to humans, animals, and plants. Testing will cover limited East St Louis areas. success could expand, but high material costs may block broader use.
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Illinois
William T. Larkin
State Div. of Plant Industries
Larkin
SIU Block and Bridle Club elects 1965 66 officers
Steven Taylor of Macon is named president of the SIU Block and Bridle Club for 1965 66. New officers include James Pettigrew Ellery vice president Rebecca Harness White Hall secretary Gary Johnson Pecatonia treasurer Paul Nordstrom Wyanet Kent Saxe Albion reps David Lidwell Lewistown marshal David Seibert New Athens Gary Morrison Sigel reporters. The club aims to promote work in animal husbandry and scholastic achievement among animal science students. The velvet ant a wingless wasp thrives on superheated sand dunes protected by a dense furlike coat.
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Steven Taylor
Macon
Southern Illinois University
Animal Industries
SIU
JamesPettigrew
Ellery
Rebecca Harness
White Hall
Gary Johnson
Pecatonia
Paul Nordstrom
Wyanet
Kent Saxe
Albion
Agricultural Student Council
David Lidwell
Lewistown
Marshall David Seibert
New Athens
Gary Morrison
Sigel
Area Youth Up For Award In Ameri can Farmer Degree
Glenn W. Bryant of Trico High School FFA is among Illinois youths nominated for the American Farmer Degree. Fifteen others compete. the winner will be named at the National FFA convention in Kansas City. Candidates must earn at least 1000 dollars from supervised farming and show scholarship cooperation thrift and leadership.
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Campbell Hill
Future Farmers of America
Glenn W. Bryant
FFA
Trico High School
Illinois
Kansas City
4 H Members Tour SIU Facilities
About 200 4 H Club members from Jackson Perry and Randolph Counties will tour electrical agricultural and home economics buildings at Southern Illinois University. Perry and Randolph youths tour Wednesday Jackson County members tour Thursday Tours begin at 9 45 Egyptian Electric Cooperative sponsors the event.
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Jackson
Perry
Randolph Counties
Southern Illinois University
Randolph County
Jackson County
Egyptian Electric Co-Operative
Weeds Grow Too Fast After Recent Rains
Williamson County adviser Wayne Hoelscher warns rains boost weed growth as crops develop. He notes farmers skipped pre emergent control, suggests cultivation or post emergent spraying with 2 4 D and cautions against off target drift into corn. Atrizine and Lorox may be used for spot treatments but only with careful timing.
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Illinois
Williamson County
Wayne Hoelscher
Hoelscher
Field Day Set July 2 At Dixon Springs Center
A horticulture field day is scheduled July 2 at Dixon Springs Agricultural Center on Rt. 145, three and one half miles north of the Rt. 145 146 intersection near Robbs. Vegetable growers will be shown research work in progress on flowering bedded plants, new varieties of papers, cucumbers and eggplant, ground and staked tomatoes, and paper and plastic mulching. Open house will be from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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Dixon Springs Agricultural Center
Rt. 145
Rt. 145-146
Robbs
Menard Names Head Farmer at Menard Penitentiary
A. Wayne McDonald, former assistant farm adviser in McLean County, is named head farmer for Menard Penitentiary honor farm. He will succeed Sam Klein of Chester who retires after 20 years. McDonald, from Kas kaskia Island Randolph County, is an Illinois graduate.
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A. Wayne McDonald
McLean County
Menard Penitentiary
Stanley Maciejski
McDonald
Sam Klein
Chester
Kaskaskia Island
Randolph County
University of Illinois
Good Area Apple Crop Predicted
The Illinois Fruit Council predicts a good summer apple crop and potential record fall volumes for Southern Illinois. Peach crops, hurt by last winter’s weather, should reach about 60 percent full, with harvests starting mid July. Overall abundant rainfall supports excellent fall apple sets and new plantings entering production.
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Iinois Fruit Council
Illinois
Out of Orbit in Pine Bluff Slingshot Paper Drops
A Pine Bluff AP report notes a carrier innovation involving shooting rolled papers onto porches with a large slingshot. The project allegedly failed due to faulty guidance and expensive windows.
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Pine Bluff, Ark
Big News
Agency Head Ivan Lively Jr Named Manager in Montgomery County
The son of a rural Murphysboro couple becomes the new agency manager of Country Insurance Companies in Montgomery County. Ivan Lively Jr. and his wife with four children will reside in Hillsboro. The agencies are affiliates of the Illinois Agricultural Association and the Farm Bureau. Anglers in the United States spend $300 million annually on fishing tackle and gadgets.
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Murphysboro
Country Insurance Companies
Montgomery County
Ivan Lively Jr
Ivan Lively Sr
Rt. 2
Lively
Hillsboro
Country Companies
The
Illinois Agricultural Association
Farm Bureau Organization
United States
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